The Pedagogical Quality Management Process at University of Coimbra evolves an active participation of teachers and students. According to the established procedures, the self-assessment of the study cycle is held at the end of each school year with the participation of different stakeholders. The final report must be ensured by the coordinator/director of the study cycle. The self-assessment process consists of a SWOT analysis, including information regarding several aspects, including namely access, academic success, employability, and information from the educational surveys. Considering this analysis, improvement actions are set on an annual basis, which are evaluated in the following year. The information system generates indicators regarding course units (e.g. academic success) and educational surveys. At the end of the year this information is collected and analysed for the purpose of self-assessment of the study cycle. The Pedagogical Quality Management Process at University of Coimbra is briefly described in this presentation.

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Professor Luís Filipe Martins Menezes is Full professor at Mechanical Engineering Department of University of Coimbra. His main research field is computational mechanics applied to numerical simulation of technological industrial processes. In the last 12 years he also occupied administration positions at the university, being since 2013 Vice-Rector of the University of Coimbra. He was responsible at the Faculty of Sciences and Technology of University of Coimbra for the application of the Bolonha reform of higher education in Europe 2005-2012, participating in the creation and implementation of the Pedagogical Quality Management Process in that Faculty.